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McMahon pleaded guilty to the theft of seven bicycles between February 13 and June 22.

They were taken from outside Rushcliffe Arena, the David Lloyd Leisure Centre on Rugby Road, and from University Park.

Simon Rowe, prosecuting, said the February offence was committed with another man outside the Arena at 1.50pm.

McMahon appeared to be acting as lookout while the other man cut through a lock and rode off on a £400 bike. This man has been caught and ordered to pay compensation to that victim.

On April 3, McMahon was with an unknown man when a theft took place at the bike rack at the Arena. This time the machine was worth £500 and was never found.

Other offences followed a similar pattern while McMahon struck outside the university on June 22. A man had locked his bike's front wheel to a rack and so McMahon took the rest.

Then he took a front wheel from another cycle and rode off. The bike was valued at £550 and the wheel was worth £90, said Mr Rowe. On another occasion, McMahon took a cycle which had been left outside the physics block.